Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-03-11
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE.
TwENTY-sEvENTH SESSION : SIXTY
SEVENTH DAY.
SENATE.

A. B. 2S7, to provide Tor the Organization and
of water districts, was passed.
S. b. a5l, allowing the Directors OF the Indus
trial Home of the Adult Blind to use the moneys
received from the sale Of manufactured goods
and wares for the purchase of raw material and
the expense attending its manufacture, was
passed, but heaney gave notice OF Il motion 10
reconsider.
HAYNES called up his motion to reconsider the
vote whereby S. B. LIS, relating to school land
had been refused passage. Lost.
The Senate refused TO rscede from its amend
ment 10 A. B. 10, relating to the prosecution of
stone work at the State Prison, and Messrs- Ges-
ford, Hall and Jones were appointed commit
tee 10 confer with like committee on behalf OF
the Assembly.
Assembly messages We're taken up, and A. Bs.
$40 and $40 We're under suspension of the rules,
passed.
Gesford and Bowers asked indefinite leave of
absence, on account of pressing business de
their presence at Their homes
Granted.
Vrooman and White hoped that both Senators
would remain and assist in dispoSing OF the
matters still pending. Ii was at the close of the
session that efforts were usually made to rush
improper measures through the Legislature
and the presence of every member was desired
Bowers said that he had fulfilled his contract
with the State. and stayed a week beyond, and
his business interests required his presence in
San Diego.
Gesford said that If permitted to go to Napa
for one day he would return, and finally asked
leave of absence for one day.
Vrooman said that for one he would be will
ing 10 have the Senate adjourn over one day. or
to adjourn sine die, but he could not consent to
the absence of any Senator now on the eve OF
final adjournment.
Gesfords motion for leave of absence for one
day was refused.
The conference committee on s. B. 19l, rela-
tive to adult blind, reported that the Senate do
not recede from its amendments. The report
was not adopted.
The constitutional provision was suspended
and A. B. 81 declared a case of urgency, read
the second and third times and passed. 1T pro
yides for deficiency in the appropriation tor
prisoners for the thirty-siXth fiscal year.
A. B. 34S relating to the powers and duties OF
Trustees of reclamation districts. Read third
time and amended.
propriating So 900 for contingent expenses of the
Legislature The bill was intended to meet the
expenses of contested election cases.
Caminetti opposed the second reading of the
bill on the ground that it was intended for the
purpose of paying some outrageously exoTbitant
claims allowed by the Committee ON Elections,
amounting to nearly IS 1000, in the Ryland- Conk-
lin case.
passed. Caminetti giving notice of motion to
reconsider.
Steele called up his motion to reconsider the
vote whereby S. d. 81 was refused passage. 1.-THE
bill relates to the duties, etc, of Mayors and
Councilman of cities having not to exceed 10000
Lost.
Hall submitted the majority report of the
Committee on Elections in the eases of Ryland
vs. Conklin, Williams VS.. Crimmins, and GUIDE
VS.. Mcdonald. The sums allowed for the ex
penses OF these contests were as follows
E. b. Conlin. SIS 95
J. w. Ryland ooo 70
Y. J. 600 Oo
w. H. Williams 500 90
T. H Mcdonald 900 90
e. A. Grvin (phonographer) ................ 36J 90
John Kafod procuring testimony1......... la 90
Total -. sOS 90
Murphy moved that the consideration of the
report be made the special order fer o'clock
P. NJ. So ordered.
The amended fish and game bill came up on
its final reading and was passed
A message was received from the Governor
announcing his approval of Senate bills 80, III
and $50
A. B. 199, relating to forming juries in crlmi-
nal cases was passed. Sargent gave notice of a
motion II reconsider.
A. B. 20S, to validate proceedings for the reor
ganization of municipal corporations Passed
Also, A. B. 30, for the better protection of set
tiers on public lands.
A message was received from the Assembly
announcing that it had rcceded from its amend
ment to S. B. l9l, relating to support of the
Adult Blind Asylum, and the bill was ordered
to enrolment.
A. B. 564, providing for mileage of Presidential
Electors, for the 40th fiscal year, was declared
case of urgency and passed.
Abbott offered resolution naming Haynes,
Chandler and Caminetti committee to con-
fer with similar committee of the Assembly to
determine upon some time for adiourning sine
die Adopted.
A me ssage was received from the Assembly
that that body declined to accede
to the Senate amendment to the County Govern
ment Act restricting the power of Supervisors
to impose license taxes on the liquor traffic.
Steele moved that the Senate recede from its
amendment. So ordered.
Murphy moved lat 40 p. NJ to take recess
till $50. Carried.
Evening Session.
On reassembling, Gesford offered resolution
the State Superintendent of Public
Instruction and two others, TO be named by the
Governor q committee to attend the Convention
OF the National Teachers Association. soon to
be held in Chicago, and urge that body to hold
lis next annual Convention in California.
Adopted.
On motion of Vrooman, the Senate took up A.
B. 40, relating to work on Streets sewers etc, in
incorporated cities, made it case of urgency
and passed the bill
A. B. u.s. relating to the time and place where
sales of property for delinquent taxes shall be
held, was read the third time and passed.
The Senate next reached on the file A. B. 107
to pay D. Jordan $4,000 for work and labor per
formed upon and material furnished in The con-
strlction of the State Prison at Folsom.
IIhis is the bill to secure the passage of which
it has been repeatedly alleged the lobby had
been supplied with 81, 900. Certain it is that
every time the bill has been reached the lobby
was on hand in full force, and its ranks were
full on this OCCASION.
Meaney, Cairman of the Claims Committee
explained the nature of the claim and held
that Jordan had been badly treated by the State
and Architect Bennett, and that he should be
paid. In reply to question the speaker said
he did not know whether or not the State Board
of Examiners had passed upon the claims
Goucher spoke in behalf of allowing the claim
all 0hipflv m ba
that it had never been submitted to the Board
of Examiners, and had been rejected by former
Legislatures.
Mofiitt advocated the passage of the bill. 1t
had passed the Assembly and reached third
reading in the Senate, and he did not believe
there could be anything bad in it.
White read from Jordan's testimony given be-
fore the committee, showing that his claim was
for SAC, 325.
Meaney explained that Jordan claimed he
would have made $4,000 out of his contract
and the committee thought he should be al
lowed one-half his estimated profits.
The bill was Iassed-ayes. "a: noes, II And
the lobby rejoiced and were exceeding glad.
The Con erence Committee on adjournment
sine die reported that the joint committees of the
two Houses had agreed upon Friday. March
lIth, at o'clock P. NJ, as the hour for final adj
journment; and the committee submitted a res
olution TO that effect, which was adopted.
Roth submitted protest against the passage
of A. B. 81 trelating to the dismissal and modi-
Der OF Senators, Teciting the action taken there
on, and which the protestants declared to be in
formal and illegal.
The protest was ordered spread upon the
journal.
a message was received from the Assembly,
announcing that that body declined to adopt
the report of the conference committee fixing
Friday. March l1th, at / o'clock p NJ as the
time for final adjournment
Caminetti presented the minority report of
the Committee on Elections in the cases of
Williams VS. Crmmins GUIDE VS. Mcdonald and
Ryland VS.. Conklin. The document was very
long one. and in vigorous language condemned
the abuse of the custom in vogue, as outlined in
the majority report. 1t declared that Congress
did not allow expenses of this kind, and there
was no law of this or any other State justifying
any such allowances by the Legislature. At
best, only the successful, or seated. candidates
should be allowed lair sum for theirexpenscs.
While, under the existing custom in this State
the minority of the committee were
disposed to allow each of the contest
ants in these cases a reasonable sum
the minority recommended that some action be
taken by the present Legislature that would for
ever put stop TO these outrages upon the tax
payers of the State. In no case, however. should
a sum be allowed Il contestant greater than that
which would be allowed in a Court of Justice
The report then proceeded to explain all the
items contained in the several accounts. aud
recommended reductions as follows. based on
what would be the legal charges in Court
Amount Majority Minority
Conklin S1,s1S % sI,sIs % S993 Is
5SS 5S5 NJ SEQ ~